editor

See also: Editor

English

Alternative forms

• ed., edit. (abbreviation)
• Ed. (titular abbreviation)
• editour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin ēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Medieval Latin ēditorder.

English editor

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.ɪ.təɹ/, (formal) [ˈɛɾ.ɪ.tɚ], (lax) [ˈɛɾ.ɪ.ɾɚ]

  • Audio (California):

    (file)

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ed‧i‧tor

Noun

editor (plural editors)

1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
   • 2024 August 29, Ashley Rindsberg, “How Wikipedia Launders Regime Propaganda”, in Pirate Wires‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 August 2024:

     Eight days after Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate, the Criticism section on Walz’s Wikipedia article was removed in its entirety. (The removal was made by an editor with administrator status who is in the top 100 list of editors by number of edits.)

2. A copy editor.
3. A person who edited a specific document.

   John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.

4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

   John is the city editor at the Daily Times.

5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film or audio tape etc.
6. (computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

   Hyponym: text editor

   This editor won't open JPG files. I need a graphics editor.

7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Derived terms

• chief editor
• City editor
• coeditor
• commissioning editor
• copy editor
• deaditor
• edit
• editor-at-large
• editorial
• editorializing
• editor-in-chief
• editorless
• editorlike
• editorship
• editress
• Emacs
• exchange editor
• executive editor
• faned
• flatbed editor
• hex editor
• hex-editor
• idiotor
• input method editor
• intereditor
• letter to the editor
• linkage editor
• link editor
• logo editor
• makeup editor
• managing editor
• noneditor
• nonlinear editor
• photo editor
• posteditor
• preditor
• Redditor
• script editor
• stone editor
• story editor
• subeditor
• subeeditor
• yed

Translations

person who edits

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر m (muḥarrir)
• Armenian: խմբագիր (hy) (xmbagir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (müxärrir)
• Belarusian: рэда́ктар m (redáktar), рэда́ктарка f (redáktarka)
• Bulgarian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Catalan: editor (ca) m, editora (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯 / 编辑 (zh) (biānjí)

• Czech: redaktor (cs) m, redaktorka f
• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m
• Esperanto: redaktoro (eo), redaktisto (eo)
• Finnish: muokkaaja (fi)
• French: rédacteur (fr) m
• Galician: editor (gl) m
• Georgian: რედაქტორი (ka) (redakṭori)
• German: Herausgeber (de) m, Editor (de) m, Redakteur (de) m, Schriftleiter m (dated), Redaktor (de) m (Swiss)
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Hebrew: עוֹרֵךְ m (orékh)
• Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
• Ido: redaktanto (io), redaktero (io), redaktisto (io)
• Indonesian: editor (id), pengedit (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: redattore (it)
• Japanese: 編集者 (ja) (へんしゅうしゃ, henshūsha)
• Kazakh: редактор (redaktor)
• Korean: 편집인(編輯人) (ko) (pyeonjibin), 편자(編者) (pyeonja)
• Kyrgyz: редактор (redaktor)
• Latin: editor (la)
• Macedonian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Māori: ētita, kaiētita (mi), kaitakatā, ringa takatā
• Marathi: संपादक m (sampādak), संपादिका f (sampādikā)
• Nepali: सम्पादक (sampādak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redaktør m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar), ویراسْتار (virâstâr)

• Polish: redaktor (pl) m, redaktorka (pl) f, edytor (pl) m, edytorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m, editora (pt) f
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, editoare (ro) f, redactor (ro) m, redactoare (ro) f
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor), редакторка (ru) f (redaktorka)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-deasachaidh m or f, deasaiche m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀реднӣк m, рѐдактор m

  Latin: ùrednīk (sh) m, rèdaktor (sh) m

• Slovene: urednik (sl) m, urednica f
• Spanish: editor (es) m, editora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c, redaktris c (female)
• Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir)
• Tigrinya: ኣርታዒ (ʾartaʿi)
• Turkish: muharrir (tr)
• Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Yiddish: רעדאַקטאָר m (redaktor), רעדאַקטאָרין f (redaktorin), רעדאַקטאָרשע f (redaktorshe)

person who edited a specific document

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر m (muḥarrir)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (müxärrir)
• Finnish: editoija
• French: lecteur-correcteur m, correcteur (fr) m, réviseur (fr) m (Canada)
• Greek: επιμελητής (el) m (epimelitís)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: curatore (it) m
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Marathi: संपादक m (sampādak), संपादिका f (sampādikā)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar)

• Polish: edytor (pl) m, edytorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, editoare (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m, neach-deasachaidh m or f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

newspaper editor

• Albanian: redaktor (sq) m
• Arabic: مُحَرِّر m (muḥarrir), مُحَرِّرَة f (muḥarrira)
• Armenian: խմբագիր (hy) (xmbagir)
• Azerbaijani: redaktor (az)
• Bashkir: мөхәррир (müxärrir)
• Belarusian: рэда́ктар m (redáktar), рэда́ктарка f (redáktarka)
• Bengali: সম্পাদক (bn) (śompadok)
• Breton: embanner (br) m
• Bulgarian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (my) (aidita)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯 / 编辑 (zh) (biānjí)

• Czech: redaktor (cs) m, redaktorka f
• Danish: redaktør c
• Dutch: redacteur (nl) m, krantenredacteur m
• Estonian: toimetaja
• Finnish: toimittaja (fi), päätoimittaja (fi)
• French: éditeur (fr) m, éditrice (fr) f
• Georgian: რედაქტორი (ka) (redakṭori)
• German: Redakteur (de) m, Redakteurin (de) f
• Greek: συντάκτης (el) m (syntáktis)
• Hawaiian: luna hoʻoponopono
• Hindi: संपादक (hi) m (sampādak), एडिटर (hi) m (eḍiṭar)
• Hungarian: szerkesztő (hu)
• Icelandic: ritstjóri (is) m
• Indonesian: editor (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: curatore (it) m, curatrice (it) f, redattore (it) m, redattrice f
• Japanese: 編集者 (ja) (へんしゅうしゃ, henshūsha)
• Kazakh: редактор (redaktor)
• Khmer: បណ្ណាធិការ (km) (pannaathikaa)
• Korean: 편집자(編輯者) (ko) (pyeonjipja)
• Kyrgyz: редактор (redaktor)
• Lao: ບັນນາທິການ (ban nā thi kān)
• Latvian: redaktors m
• Lithuanian: redaktorius m
• Macedonian: реда́ктор m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Marathi: संपादक m (sampādak), संपादिका f (sampādikā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redaktør m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar)

• Polish: redaktor (pl) m, redaktorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: jornalista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: editor (ro) m, redactor (ro) m
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Scottish Gaelic: deasaiche m, neach-deasachaidh m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀реднӣк m, у̀редница f

  Latin: ùrednīk (sh) m, ùrednica (sh) f

• Slovak: redaktor m, redaktorka f
• Slovene: redaktor m, redaktorica f, urednik (sl) m, urednica f
• Spanish: director (es) m, directora (es) f, redactor (es) m, redactora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redaktör (sv) c
• Tajik: муҳаррир (muharrir)
• Thai: บรรณาธิการ (ban-naa-tí-gaan)
• Turkish: editör (tr)
• Turkmen: redaktor
• Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m (redáktor), реда́кторка f (redáktorka)
• Uzbek: muharrir (uz), redaktor (uz)
• Vietnamese: biên tập viên (vi)

machine for editing film

• Finnish: filmileikkuri
• French: monteuse (fr) f
• Indonesian: editor (id)
• Italian: giuntatrice f
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَدْوینْگَر (tadvingar)

• Romanian: monteză f, montator (ro) f
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)

program for modifying text files

• Arabic: مُحَرِّر m (muḥarrir)
• Belarusian: рэда́ктар m (redáktar)
• Bengali: সম্পাদক (bn) (śompadok)
• Bulgarian: реда́ктор m (redáktor)
• Burmese: အယ်ဒီတာ (my) (aidita)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯器 / 编辑器 (zh) (biānjíqì)

• Czech: editor (cs) m
• Danish: editor c
• Dutch: editor (nl) m, tekstverwerker (nl) m
• Estonian: redaktor
• Finnish: editori (fi)
• French: éditeur (fr) m
• German: Editor (de) m, Texteditor (de) m
• Hindi: संपादक (hi) m (sampādak), एडिटर (hi) m (eḍiṭar)
• Icelandic: ritill (is) m, textaritill m
• Indonesian: editor (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: editore (it)
• Japanese: エディタ (ja) (edita), 編集機 (へんしゅうき, henshūki)
• Kazakh: редактор (redaktor)
• Korean: 편집기(編輯機) (pyeonjipgi), 에디터 (editeo)
• Kyrgyz: редактор (redaktor)
• Latvian: redaktors m
• Lithuanian: rengyklė f
• Macedonian: уредувач m (ureduvač)
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Māori: pūwhakatika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: editor m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ویرایِشْگَر (virâyešgar)

• Polish: edytor (pl) m, edytor tekstu (pl) m
• Portuguese: editor (pt) m
• Romanian: editor (ro) n
• Russian: реда́ктор (ru) m (redáktor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уређѝва̄ч m

  Latin: uređìvāč (sh) m

• Slovak: editor (sk) m
• Spanish: editor (es) m
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Swedish: redigerare (sv) c, texteditor (sv) c, editor (sv) c
• Tigrinya: ዓራያይ (ʿarayay)
• Ukrainian: реда́ктор (uk) m (redáktor)

someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order

• Bulgarian: монтажи́ст m (montažíst)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: střihač m
• Esperanto: muntisto
• Finnish: leikkaaja (fi), editoija
• French: monteur (fr) m, monteuse (fr) f
• Indonesian: editor (id), pengedit (id), penyunting (id)
• Irish: eagarthóir m
• Italian: montatore (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: penyunting, editor (ms), pengedit
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَدْوینْگَر (tadvingar)

• Polish: montażysta (pl) m, montażystka (pl) f
• Romanian: montor (ro) m, montoare (ro) f
• Russian: монтажёр (ru) m (montažór)
• Spanish: montador m, montadora f
• Swahili: mhariri (sw)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: editör (tr)
• Vietnamese: biên tập viên (vi)

Anagrams

• doiter, dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēditōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ə.ðiˈtu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ə.ðiˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ðiˈtoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [e.ðiˈto]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Adjective

editor (feminine editora, masculine plural editors, feminine plural editores)

1. editing

Noun

editor m (plural editors, feminine editora, feminine plural editores)

1. (graphic arts, publishing, computing) editor

Related terms

• editar
• editorial

Further reading

• “editor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛdɪtor]

Noun

editor m anim

1. editor (person who edits, e.g. a magazine)

   Synonym: redaktor

Declension

Declension of editor (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	editor	editoři
genitive	editora	editorů
dative	editorovi, editoru	editorům
accusative	editora	editory
vocative	editore	editoři
locative	editorovi, editoru	editorech
instrumental	editorem	editory

Noun

editor m inan

1. editor (computer program for entering text)

Declension

Declension of editor (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	editor	editory
genitive	editoru	editorů
dative	editoru	editorům
accusative	editor	editory
vocative	editore	editory
locative	editoru	editorech
instrumental	editorem	editory

Danish

Noun

editor c (singular definite editoren, plural indefinite editorer)

1. editor

Declension

Declension of editor

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	editor	editoren	editorer	editorerne
genitive	editors	editorens	editorers	editorernes

Further reading

• “editor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English editor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: edi‧tor

Noun

editor m (plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin ēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin ēditor

Galician editor

From Latin ēditor.

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor

Related terms

• editar
• editorial

Further reading

• “editor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

From English editor, from Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛditɔr/
• Hyphenation: èdi‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

èditor (plural editor-editor)

1. editor:
   1. a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish

      Synonyms: pengedit, penyunting, redaktur

   2. (computing) a program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files

      Synonym: penyunting

Derived terms

• editor bahasa
• editor pengelola
• editor penyelia

Related terms

• edit
• editorial

Further reading

• “editor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin ēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin ēditor

From ēdō + -tor.

Noun

ēditor m (genitive ēditōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) editor, publisher

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ēditor	ēditōrēs
genitive	ēditōris	ēditōrum
dative	ēditōrī	ēditōribus
accusative	ēditōrem	ēditōrēs
ablative	ēditōre	ēditōribus
vocative	ēditor	ēditōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: editor
• Galician: editor
• Italian: editore
• Portuguese: editor
• Spanish: editor

Etymology 2

From edō (“to eat”).

Verb

editor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of edō

Etymology 3

From ēdō (“to give out”).

Verb

ēditor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō

References

• “editor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "editor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin ēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin ēditorlbor.

Portuguese editor

Learned borrowing from Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.diˈtoɾ/ [i.ðiˈtoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.diˈtoɾ/ [i.ðiˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.diˈto.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: e‧di‧tor

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor (person who edits)
2. publisher (person who publishes printed media)

Noun

editor m (plural editores)

1. (computer software) editor (program for modifying files, especially text files)

Derived terms

• editorar
• editoria

Related terms

• editar
• editora
• editorial

Further reading

• “editor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “editor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin ēdō

Latin ēditusder.

French éditer

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -(ā)tōrem

Old French -or

Middle French -eur

French -eur

French éditeurbor.

Romanian editor

Borrowed from French éditeur.

Noun

editor m (plural editori)

1. editor

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	editor	editorul	editori	editorii
genitive-dative	editor	editorului	editori	editorilor
vocative	editorule		editorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin ēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin ēditor

Spanish editor

From Latin ēditor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ediˈtoɾ/ [e.ð̞iˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: e‧di‧tor

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

1. editor

Derived terms

• editor de texto

Related terms

• editar
• editorial

Further reading

• “editor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026